Mexico us border wall

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump urged Congress yesterday to give him US$5.7 billion (RM23.4 billion) this year to help build a wall on the border with Mexico, but stopped short of declaring a national emergency that could have led to unilaterally funding the project. Facing Democratic opposition in Congress to a wall, Trump said in a prime-time televised speech that there was a growing security crisis at the US-Mexico border. But after days of hinting that he might use his presidential powers to declare an emergency as a first step toward directing money for the wall without congressional approval, Trump appeared to be willing instead to continue seeking a solution to the impasse with Congress. Trump is scheduled to visit the southwest border tomorrow and it was not clear whether he still might choose to make the national emergency declaration. Trump’s remarks came 18 days into a partial government shutdown precipitated by his demand for wall construction, which he has said … [Read more...] about Trump demands US border wall, sidesteps declaring emergency

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump urged Congress on Tuesday to give him $5.7 billion this year to help build a wall on the border with Mexico, but stopped short of declaring a national emergency that could have led to unilaterally funding the project. Facing Democratic opposition in Congress to a wall, Trump said in a prime-time televised speech that there was a growing security crisis at the US-Mexico border. But after days of hinting that he might use his presidential powers to declare an emergency as a first step toward directing money for the wall without congressional approval, Trump appeared to be willing instead to continue seeking a solution to the impasse with Congress. Trump is scheduled to visit the southwest border on Thursday and it was not clear whether he still might choose to make the national emergency declaration. Trump's remarks came 18 days into a partial government shutdown precipitated by his demand for wall construction, which he has said is needed to keep … [Read more...] about News
Trump demands US border wall, sidesteps declaring emergency

A balloon launched by a Mexican girl with her Santa present list attached floated over the US border wall and was found by an Arizona man who granted the 8-year-old's Christmas wishes. Randy Heiss, 60, was out walking his dog in Patagonia, Arizona, about 20 miles northeast of the border, on Dec. 16 when he found the deflated red balloon and the present list attached with red ribbon. On the outside of the note was the name "Dayami," inside were the girl's top-10 present choices written in Spanish. Top of the list was "Enchantimals" - animated human-animal figures - and a house for them, followed by painting and drawing supplies and slime. Heiss suspected the balloon had drifted from the Mexican border city of Nogales, Sonora. He took to social media and contacted popular Nogales radio station XENY via Facebook, according to Nogales International, a newspaper in the US city of the same name. XENY reporter Cesar Barron began broadcasting Heiss' story on Wednesday and within an hour … [Read more...] about News
US border wall no match for Mexican girl’s Santa wish list

caption U.S. President Donald Trump meets Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. source Reuters/Carlos Barria Mexico’s president will reportedly no longer visit the White House after he argued with President Donald Trump over his long-promised border wall. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto attempted to persuade Trump to publicly admit that Mexico won’t pay for the border wall. Trump promised repeatedly during his 2016 presidential campaign that he would force Mexico to pay for it. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto reportedly backed out of plans to visit the White House after a heated argument with President Donald Trump this week over his long-promised wall along the US-Mexico border. Trump “lost his temper” during a nearly hour-long phone call on February 20, one Mexican … [Read more...] about Mexico’s president called off a White House visit after Trump refused to say publicly that Mexico won’t pay for the border wall

President Donald Trump on Thursday bashed NAFTA and again promised that Mexico would pay for his proposed border wall “directly or indirectly.” Trump said his idea of the wall had “never changed.” His remarks followed articles by The New York Times and The Washington Post saying Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, had told Democratic lawmakers that Trump had previously been uninformed on the issue and was no longer considering building a wall along the US’s entire southern border. The US, Mexico, and Canada will meet to discuss NAFTA next week in Montreal. Some expect Trump to withdraw from the deal entirely. President Donald Trump on Thursday morning bashed the North American Free Trade Agreement and again promised that Mexico would pay for his proposed border wall. “The Wall is the Wall, it has never changed or evolved from the first day I conceived of … [Read more...] about ‘The Wall is the Wall’: Trump pushes back after reports said his chief of staff talked him down on the border wall